Layla Grace Children's Cancer Research Foundation

Two-year-old Kylie “Ky Ky” Overton began this year with a surgery to harvest the tumor from her head. She’s also fought fevers and an infection, and her potentially cancerous spinal fluid is leaking into her stomach. Read More…

Wyatt was all set with his Corporate Angel flight to New York for his second round of 3F8 until his parents received the news that his human anti-mouse antibody (HAMA) response was positive. Read More…

Tonight, there will be a viewing and tomorrow a church service, to honor the loss of Rachel Katherine D’Andrea. She suffered a massive stroke over the weekend and passed away. She had stage 4 neuroblastoma. Read More…

Victoria’s fever finally cleared up this weekend, so she was able to move from the ICU back to her previous room. She had to have her PICC line replaced because she got two infections in her line. She also has an infection in her diaper area that doctors think is related to her blood infection. Read More…

Karl Page finished his treatment today. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on November 12th, 2007, but fortunately, the doctors told his parents that he has an 80-90% chance of beating cancer. Read More…

Ylaria’s parents made the decision to take her home from the hospital and focus on her comfort. Today is the 6th day of her hospice care. The first few days were uneasy, but her parents, Regino Cazares and Belen Carrasco, have spent each day since they brought her home tending to her needs. Read More…

David’s paper crane project is underway. He and his mother took the cranes to the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and went on a tour of the playrooms. Read More…

Molly was flown by helicopter from Victoria, British Columbia to B.C. Children’s Hospital for testing on her bone marrow and spinal fluid. Because her hands are too small, she was taken to emergency surgery to have a tube inserted into her chest for the multiple IVs she needs for medicine and fluids.

The Campbells were told to say their goodbyes, but Molly stabilized and began the first stages of her chemotherapy. The doctors said that even if she does survive, her IV tubes might have to stay in her for the next 2 years.
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Last Thursday, Shelly got the wonderful news that her MIBG scans showed that there is no evidence of neuroblastoma in her body. The 25 rounds of radiation treatment she has left will destroy any residual cancer left in her head. However, she is not out of the woods just yet. Read More…

One year, 10 months, three days, 12 hours, 56 minutes and two seconds after his birth, Bryce Kameron left this world. His parents, Amy and George, and older brother Wade, spent the days before he passed sitting with him in the hospital. Read More…